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Hallatonhare Pie Newsletter HALLATONHARE PIE NEWSLETTER Photo by Jack Flavell Monthly photo competition...this could be your photo next month, see editors notes for details... February Issue 150 NATURE NOTES Hallaton nature notes : December Muntjac are becoming increasingly common in our area. I occasionally see them on the road to and in Horninghold. The small, Chinese Muntjac deer was introduced to Woburn Park in Bedfordshire at the start of the 20th century and rapidly spread into the surrounding area. It is now a common animal across England and can be found in woodland, parkland and even gardens. Muntjac deer are notorious browsers, eating the shoots from shrubs, as well as woodland herbs and brambles. Male Muntjacs have short, unbranched antlers that slope backwards, and a pair of long canine teeth. They breed all year-round, but females usually only have one kid at a time. Muntjac deer are also known as 'Barking Deer' because of their dog-like calls. Above: Male & Female Muntjac Length 71-91cm Shoulder Height 45-52cm Don’t let ponds freeze over If you have fish, they need oxygen to survive – and when the pond freezes over it dramatically reduces the oxygen content, so stick a tennis ball on the surface of your pond to stop it freezing. Feeder tips : Keep your feeders and baths topped up not forgetting to clean them. Eyebrook ‘eyelites’ Two pink-footed geese remained for the month. On the 12th a woodcock was seen in flight near the bridge. The smew numbers reached eleven by the end of the month, including at least five males. An adult and juvenile mediterranean gull was seen on several occasions during the month. HALLATON PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD JANUARY 28TH Councillor Flavell was elected as the new Vice Chairman and Chaired the meeting due to Councillor Crewe being absent. The meeting was adjourned for comments/questions. Linda Jones spoke on behalf of the Neighbourhood Plan Advisory Committee asking the Parish Council to approve the pre submission draft Neighbourhood Plan so it could move forward to the 6 week consultation. 1 Parishioner asked if the recent leaet from the Neighbourhood Plan Environmental Theme Group was sanctioned by the Parish Council, having heard at the recent NPAC meeting that all communication sent out to the village should go through the Parish Council rst – the Par sh Council had not had sight of the yer before it was sent out. 3 Parishioners read out statements regarding concerns for the future of the Cow Close eld if the current pre submission draft Neighbourhood Plan were to go forward for consultation. 1 Parishioner spoke regarding concerns for the proposed HIST development. Dylan Bogg spoke on behalf of HIST regarding the proposed development. 1 Parishioner spoke to ask the Parish Council to sign o the draft document and District Councillor Mike Rickman advised of the importance of a Neighbourhood Plan. All presentations submitted to the Clerk are available to view as appendices to the minutes on www.hallaton.com Lighting - The street light on Churchgate has now been repaired. HIST – As yet no applications have been received for the HIST vacancy so it will be advertised again in this Hare Pie. The council agreed to re-elect Alistair Brook for another term. Cemetery – Councillor Richards advised that he will bring quotes for mowing to the next meeting. Speeding initiative – The Clerk advised that Leicestershire County Council will soon be tting equipment to record vehicles speed through the village. Neighbourhood Plan – Each Councillor was given the opportunity to read out a statement regarding their views of the current draft document, at the end of each statement advising whether they would vote for or against the signing to move it forward to the next stage. All of these presentations will be available to view as appendices to the minutes on www.hallaton.uk.com . The vote was 5-1 against signing o the draft document. Several Councillors highlighted their concerns that if the North End Grace Homes site goes ahead - Grace Homes are about to resubmit their planning application having addressed the issues raised by Harborough District Council - then the over allocation of houses would be 40+ if the current draft document Neighbourhood Plan goes ahead. The Parish Council felt that the possibility of the Grace Homes site being approved had been completely ignored by the Neighbourhood Plan Advisory Committee and this would leave the village in a very vulnerable position. Councillor Flavell proposed – having sought advice from Harborough District Council – that the Parish Council carry out an informal pre regulation 14 consultation. This would allow all villagers to voice their opinions. As this would be a consultation (albeit informal), all comments could be used as evidence when the draft document goes to formal consultation. The proposal was seconded and carried. HIST planning – Councillor James read a statement regarding the importance of the Trust to the village and proposed that the Council fully support the HIST application, this was seconded and carried. Date of next meeting 25th February. Hallaton nature notes : December Muntjac are becoming increasingly common in our area. I occasionally see them on the road to and in Horninghold. The small, Chinese Muntjac deer was introduced to Woburn Park in Bedfordshire at the start of the 20th century and rapidly spread into the surrounding area. It is now a common animal across England and can be found in woodland, parkland and even gardens. Muntjac deer are notorious browsers, eating the shoots from shrubs, as well as woodland herbs and brambles. Male Muntjacs have short, unbranched antlers that slope backwards, and a pair of long canine teeth. They breed all year-round, but females usually only have one kid at a time. Muntjac deer are also known as 'Barking Deer' because of their dog-like calls. Above: Male & Female Muntjac Length 71-91cm Shoulder Height 45-52cm Don’t let ponds freeze over If you have fish, they need oxygen to survive – and when the pond freezes over it dramatically reduces the oxygen content, so stick a tennis ball on the surface of your pond to stop it freezing. Feeder tips : Keep your feeders and baths topped up not forgetting to clean them. Eyebrook ‘eyelites’ Two pink-footed geese remained for the month. On the 12th a woodcock was seen in flight near the bridge. The smew numbers reached eleven by the end of the month, including at least five males. An adult and juvenile mediterranean gull was seen on several occasions during the month. HALLATON PARISH COUNCIL Statement by Parish Council Chairman Peter Crewe All of the Parish Councillors made a statement at the meeting on January 28th. The following statement by Cllr Flavell reected the views of 5 out of 6 of the Parish Councillors. The Chairman, Firstly I would like to make it clear that the Parish Council is fully in support of a Councillor Crewe, wished it to be published in this months Hare Pie in order for the village to Neighbourhood Plan but there are concerns which need addressing. understand the reasons behind the Parish Council not moving the Pre Submission draft Neigh- bourhood Plan forward to the next stage. I via the Clerk sent an email to Linda Jones (Chair of NPAC) with questions and requests to enable the draft plan to move forward Over the last few weeks I have had several conversations with Matt Bills, Neighbourhood Green Spaces Ocer and Neighbourhood Plan Champion for Harborough District Council. I wanted to These are the questions: learn more about Neighbourhood Plan rules and regulations, site assessment procedures, windfall etc. He has been very patient answering my questions and I have found this very Amendment to the boundary map - I suggested an amendment to the boundary map helpful. I asked him about Harborough District Councils windfall policy. He said there is no and was advised that the boundary map included within the plan was supported by strong current policy, Harborough District Council oer a formula to give an idea for windfall gures evidence. The Parish Council have not seen this evidence but every village has the right to set its own windfall gure as long as it is evidence based. I triple checked this as it seems to contradict information we have been given by the Neighbour- Change of Windfall Policy from 5 to 2 - Response is that the windfall included within the hood Plan Advisory Committee, but he assured me that this is correct. Some examples are draft plan conforms to HDC interpretation; however, HDC has an advisory formula. I am Medbourne which has gone through referendum with a windfall gure of ‘about 4’ and Great aware that the windfall figure was originally 1/2 houses but was amended to 5 which Easton which has also gone through referendum with a gure of ‘up to 2’.We were recently told proceeded to exclude the 5 top scoring sites that Arnesby attempted to introduce a windfall limit of 2 dwellings, Harborough District Council responded that this was too restrictive, however, they are currently at the referendum stage, Reassessment of Cow Close site - Response was that all site assessments were which means it is Harborough District Council and examiner approved, with a windfall gure of undertaken through a professional and independent process with consistent scoring and 2. I also asked if all housing that is in the process of being built will count towards Hallatons 30 that this reassessment would inevitably result in reassessment of other sites - this is house allocation, and he assured me that it will. untrue as I am aware that 4 sites have been reassessed on owner request which changed the scores.
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